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Mini-Lesson: Exploring Personal Identity
I AM… Poem
Work on writing your poem.

Unit Overview- Where is this going?

The Final Performance Task: to write a memoir consisting of the vignettes recounting events at a specific location. You will purposefully organize your writing to link the vignettes together, including reflection to convey the significance of the events/place to you and to relate a larger idea to the reader. You will publish this memoir online, using formatting and multimedia elements to enhance ideas.

Skills Leading Up to This...
  • Analyzing word choice, connotation, and tone
  • Analyzing figurative language
  • Analyzing narrative structures
  • Making inferences and supporting with text evidence
  • Descriptive writing with reflection

Formative Assessments...
  • "PEE" Paragraphs
  • Socratic Seminar
  • Reading Journal
  • Text Annotations
  • Short Descriptive and Narrative Pieces
  • Peer and Self Evaluations
  • 1 page analytical essay




Homework

  • Finish your I Am... Poem